BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news326@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221124T172057 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211126T101500 SUMMARY:Durable discourses: English\, education and the Philippine-American war DESCRIPTION:My talk demonstrates how discourses about English and education are historically traceable durable discourses which thus continue to embe d our language beliefs and practices today. In the Philippines\, these dis courses can be traced back to the Philippine-American War at the turn of t he 20th century during which the American infrastructures of colonialism w ere forcibly introduced. Such discourses informed decision-making in pract ically all aspects of colonial rule\, but especially in education which wa s a centerpiece instrument for benevolent assimilation. These discourses o f forgetting about the violence of colonialism seeped into education resea rch and practice\, language-in-education policy-making\, and even classroo m practices\, thus framing how English and the Philippine languages have b een viewed and mobilized historically in the country. As discourses are in deed historically traceable and durable\, it is important to ask what and whose version of history informs our thinking about languages and educatio n today.\\r\\nIf you would like to listen to this guest lecture\, please c ontact Dr. Beatriz Lorente [mailto:beatriz.lorente@unibas.ch] to obtain th e necessary Zoom link. X-ALT-DESC:

My talk demonstrates how discourses about English and educati on are historically traceable durable discourses which thus continue to em bed our language beliefs and practices today. In the Philippines\, these d iscourses can be traced back to the Philippine-American War at the turn of the 20th century during which the American infrastructures of colonialism were forcibly introduced. Such discourses informed decision-making in pra ctically all aspects of colonial rule\, but especially in education which was a centerpiece instrument for benevolent assimilation. These discourses of forgetting about the violence of colonialism seeped into education res earch and practice\, language-in-education policy-making\, and even classr oom practices\, thus framing how English and the Philippine languages have been viewed and mobilized historically in the country. As discourses are indeed historically traceable and durable\, it is important to ask what an d whose version of history informs our thinking about languages and educat ion today.

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If you would like to listen to this guest lecture\, ple ase contact Dr. Beatriz Lorente to obtain the necessary Zoom link.

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